It’s been decided that the historic “Reading Building” in Flat Rock will be demolished despite one group’s efforts to save it.

A 52-year-old Lincoln Park man has been charged after firing a shotgun at his ex-girlfriend and shooting another man in Flat Rock, prosecutors said.

Officials say a suspect led police on a chase after six Ford Mustangs were stolen overnight from the Flat Rock Assembly Plant.

The city of Flat Rock is seemingly dealing with yet another chemical leak, this time into a body of water parallel to the Huron River.

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Wayne County Health Department (WCHD) are recommending residents of the Flat Rock area bounded by I-75 to the east, Gibraltar Road to the north, Cahill Road to the west and Woodruff Road to the south evacuate their homes until further notice due to the potential risks caused by fumes from a gasoline leak from a storage tank at Ford Motor Company’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant.

Officials said the city plans to use firefighting form to suppress the vapors found within the sanitary system. The industrial facility has taken measures, including inserting plugs into the onsite sewer system to prevent it from entering the system at a location north of Gibraltar Road at the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant property.

As of Friday morning, seven homes have been evacuated and hundreds of environmental safety investigators are in the area.

Federal and state hazardous materials teams from Downriver and western Wayne County went street-by-street and door-to-door Thursday in Flat Rock’s southeast neighborhoods.

An unusual smell Downriver sparked an investigation from hazmat teams Thursday, along with state and federal environmental agencies.

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Flat Rock is investigating what the mayor called an “unusual odor situation” in the area of a sanitary sewer lift station.

The 30-year-old woman’s husband considered a person of interest, according to police.

Michigan State Police were on scene of a “death investigation” in Flat Rock on Tuesday.